Centered and Sent
It’s safe to say that we are rapidly approaching – if we haven’t already arrived in – a post-Christian culture. The societal Christianity that many of us grew up with is gone. The Judeo-Christian values that...
Category: Staff Stuff
Announcing a New One-Day Workshop: Volunteer Culture
Someone once said that every organization is a volunteer organization. It’s true. If you’re a business owner, your employees have a choice on whether or not they work for you. If you run the place like a...
Back to the Battle Plan
If you’re in ministry, you likely went into last weekend with a strategy of some sort. Whether you were unveiling a new initiative, assembling a new volunteer team, or preparing for an influx of new...
Flashback Friday: Nobody Cares About Your Church
Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! Recently I was in a meeting of church leaders from around our state....
Preparing for the Onslaught
An earlier version of this post originally appeared on August 20, 2012. The end of summer is nigh. If you are like most churches, you are only a few short weekends away from the fall...
Eight Ways to Develop a Critical Eye
Today we wrap a short series called Critical Eyes vs. Critical Spirits. In the last post we discussed Seven Ways to Know if You Have a Critical Spirit, which was – just so you know – pretty...
Seven Ways to Know if You Have a Critical Spirit
In the last post, I set up a short series about Critical Eyes vs. Critical Spirits. In any type of leadership, critical eyes are a must. We have to be able to identify and strip away...
Critical Eye vs. Critical Spirit
Everybody’s a critic. I know it’s true about me, and I’m going to assume – with a surprising level of accuracy in the middle of that assumption – that it’s true about you. Whether you’re...
Flashback Friday: You Need a Story Repository
Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! Every family has one. You know what I’m talking about: that one relative...
Flashback Friday: The Greatest Test of Your Ministry
Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! I had a couple of great student pastors growing up. “Bob” (I’ll call...
